Originally Posted by
jibi
To clarify the potential questions and answers:
Can you stay at two hotels at the same time? No. It is physically impossible.
Can you have reservations at two hotels at the same time? Yes.
Can you earn points at two hotels for the same night? Per the terms, no. However, YMMV.
Can you earn stay/night credit at hotels for the same night? Per the terms, no. However, YMMV.
NOTE: For the YMMV logic, many times you will receive credit and/or points, so keep quiet if you receive the bonuses and don't be upset if these are retroactively removed for one of the properties if an account audit is performed later on.
Where in the Ts&Cs does it say that you cannot earn eligible stay credit for more than one hotel per night? I don't see it in there. I see 3 conditions for a stay: (1) provide your SPG number, (2) pay an eligible rate, and (3) "stay" in at least one of the rooms.
Oddly, the term "stay" is not defined, but I would strongly disagree with your contention that a person can only "stay" at one room per night.
I have on several occasions booked multiple rooms at multiple hotels in the same city for the same night. Usually I use one for hospitality and one to sleep in. There is nothing in the Ts&Cs which would prevent me from receiving credit for both rooms--I am not circumventing any program rules and have legit reasons for having each room.
So, to OP, (1) it's not against the Ts&Cs to have 2 rooms at different hotels in the same city on the same night and (2) I see nothing in the Ts&Cs which would prevent you from receiving credit for both.
This all comes down to what it meas to "stay" in a room. Does it mean to use it during that night? I can legitimately use lots of rooms in 1 night. Does it mean to sleep there during 1 night? Again, I can sleep in several different rooms/hotels in 1 night. Does it mean the place you are sleeping at midnight? What happens if I'm at a bar at midnight and not sleeping?